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Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)

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dancing; dance

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a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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front shrine; hall of worship

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Kourin

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folding screen

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stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

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old plum tree

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to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

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smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

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tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

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to be intimate with; to befriend

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seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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orphan; person without friends

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to dance; to perform a dance

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senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust

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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

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to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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come; go; stay; welcome

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to start running

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formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress; blackberry lily (Belamcanda Chinensis); leopard lily; leopard flower

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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fit; spasm; attack; seizure

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illness

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red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

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(feelings of) love

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convenient

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middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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coincidence

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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

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beak; bill

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gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

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to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

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being ...

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charming figure; alluring figure

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grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket

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sea fog

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milk white; opaque white

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to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

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stroke of sword

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autopsy; inquest; investigation of death

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book; register

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to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

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